I was searching a good jQuery plug-in for image zooming but couldn’t find any which was matching my criteria. I need the lens effect while zooming images and it should work without much plumbing. So, I decided to create one and now sharing this with everyone.

What I need to use this?

jQuery

ImageLens plug-in – jquery.imagelens.js

An image

How to use this?

Include jQuery and jquery.imageLens.js in you web page –

For default image lens just use imageLens as below. Note that it will automatically calculate actual size of image and start showing zooming –